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He'd lied.

These stupid corn stalks were taller than he was, and knowing where he was going was increasingly hard. There was also the fact that even when he looked up to the sky... there were no stars to be seen, the fog obscuring them. It made knowing which way he was headed impossible. Was he heading North or West by now? The wailing voice could still be heard in the air, but rather than like before... it seemed to come from everywhere at once; it was as if it surrounded him, really.

Movement somewhere ahead caught his attention and the nix swallowed the increasing need to turn around and head back towards the main group. Instead, he gripped his (probably rather useless) wooden sword and walked forward, pushing his way through the corn stalks until... "Carry?" the ghoul was tall enough and unique enough that even from a small distance away, Gabrian was able to make her out through the fog and corn stalks. Pushing his way through the last of them, the nix demon found himself beside Carthusia, whom he took a moment to survey, head to toe, as if looking for signs of injury, "I thought you were... I..." he paused as he noticed her clothes sort of reeked. Badly, "What happened? One minute you were standing beside me and the next your were yanked away from me. By your hair."

Cathursia's reaction to him was not what he expected; when he reached her, the demoness whirled around, offering him her best rage face while pretty much pointing a finger at his chest. Instinctively, the nix lifted both his hands up, one still clutching his wooden sword while the other was place palm up in an attempt to placate the obviously riled up avarice demoness, "Woa," he made a hushing, hopefully soothing hiss of a sound and moved his free hand in a wave, "Calm down..." he blinked as the ghoul visibly deflated and then.... pretty much attached to him.

This was awkward.

Gabrian did his best to comfort the ghoul, patting her back before she drew back and began to gesture wildly to her clothes and her body, "Uhhh...." he didn't really think it was a good idea to point out that she did in fact reek; it was both her movement and her scent which had drawn him near after all, "I... well, that's nothing a good swim won't fix right up, Carry," he winced at his own words, lowering his sword down, "But honestly... I think you got off easy," he lifted his free hand up and looked the demoness in the eye, as if asking for permission before placing his fingers around her chin, moving her face first right and then left in an attempt to evaluate the damage, "Just a few scratches... That's impresive," the words were murmured softly before he lowered his hand and then made motion to somewhere behind him, "LW is perfectly fine, if worried sick about you. I left her with Tsetliya back over... there," he hesitated a moment, his eyes looking around them, "Somewhere over there. Jack damn these corn stalks!"

His frustration actually forced him to growl, a gesture almost out of character with the usually calm demon before he shook his head, "No, you were the only one. The guy vanished, dragging you behind him. Where were you? What in Jack's name did they want? And... how did you escape?"

Carthusia seemed honestly scared, not to mention nervous, which was not giving Gabrian a good vibe at all. After all, while it was true that he only knew her in passing, he was well aware she was a strong demoness; most avarice demons tended to be strong opponents and the fact she'd not only been kidnapped with such ease but hurt was deeply worrying. As if the nix needed any more reasons to despise this horrible place, "Everyone is okay," he paused and frowned, his mind reminding him that everyone was okay except... Ren, whom was not with them.

Burrying that thought as deep as he could, Gabrian took a step away from the demoness and attempted to stand up on his tip toes in an attempt to see beyond the corn stalks, "I can't see anything and... something about this fog is odd. It makes it so you can't really hear things that matter," except that eerie wailing sound which he was unsure if they should investigate or not. Pushing his way through he corn stalks, he made sure he kept himself beside Carthusia's side, his tail swishing slightly to brush against her every so often as he scanned their surroundings, as if to make double sure she was still there.

"That is perfectly fine," a pause as his gaze slid over to her, "But... you might want to give me the abridged version too, before we get there. Just in case," it was clear he was implying he had no idea if they'd actually even manage to return together, or if there would even be a group to return to, "This place and the fog are both weird. Nothing like Christmas. This place makes me feel powerless and threatened," he pushed some more stalks away before thinking of something else, "Have you seen Livi since we left, by the way? I haven't seen him yet and it has me worried."

"The fog is extremely weird," Gabrian drawled out as they walked, "One moment... before that one battle against that cloaked guy that took you, I was with my main group of friend. I took three Jack damned steps away from them and they vanished," he shook his head, shooting the demoness beside him a look, "It was almost as if the fog were unnatural - as if it had swallowed me whole. I called for them and they couldn't hear me, even though I knew... I knew they were right there," he paused to hold up his wooden sword for Carry to see; the thing looked like it was personalized for him, what with the intricate snake motif it now sported, "There's also this. See that snake? It wasn't there before we battled the cloaked guy. LW's one also changed. I'm not entirely sure what it means."

Thankfully though, one of their goals had been accomplished thanks to having found Carry; it was one less person to worry about within all this chaos, "I take it the big one was... the one we battled. The one that took you away with him. It. Whatever it was," checking under the cloaked figure's metaphorical skirt was the last thing on Gabrian's to do list of the day. Actually... no, it wasn't even on his damned to do list, "Played bait?" he blinked, turning his head to face the demoness. It seemed as if she were being perfectly honest about not knowing why that had happened to her and... Gabrian believed her. She didn't strike him as the liar type and she did honestly look quite rattled.

"I hate those pendant," he was still quite upset that it had been one of those artifacts that had sent them to the human world, "They're dangerous, if experience has taught me anything. They can be used as portals to the Human world. Or.... as keys to portal to the human world? I don't know. It was one of those things that sent us there, you know," he suddenly lifted his head in the air and sniffed, "I believe my Puppy is around here," this was murmured under his breath, his free hand curling around Carthusia's wrist in case the fog chose to thicken, "Let's go," he paused only momentarily to look at her, shuddering slightly, "They said the island makes you crazy?" a beat, and then, "I believe that. It'd explain quite a few things, actually," that said, he pushed through the tall stalks once more, heading towards where he hoped LW and the rest were still waiting for him.

((Exit post Gabe back to "Far from Home"))